Home/Symbols/Bowler hatBowler hat SymbolismBourgeois anonymity and the ‘everyman’ persona; conformity that erases individuality.Common ThemesMedium reflexivity (art about art)The double/doppelgängerLandscape & placeClass & inequalityChristian iconographyArtworks Featuring This SymbolThe Son of ManRene Magritte (1964)Rene Magritte’s The Son of Man stages a crisp <strong>everyman</strong> in bowler hat and overcoat before a sea horizon while a <strong>green apple</strong> hovers to block his face. The tiny glimpse of one eye above the fruit turns a straightforward portrait into a <strong>riddle about seeing and knowing</strong> <sup>[1]</sup><sup>[2]</sup>.
